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17 October 2017

Episode 1549

30 minutes

Could clashes between Iraq’s army and Kurdish fighters provoke a civil war in the region? We also discuss what “accelerated” Brexit talks could look like and ask why Bulgaria wants its neighbours to join the EU. Plus: what’s causing New Zealand’s snack crisis?

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